Great Lake Swimmers Announce US Tour

With their fourth album Lost Channels set for release on March 31st, Toronto folk rock favorites Great Lake Swimmers are taking to the road to showcase their outstanding new batch of songs. The US tour will kick off on the west coast in Seattle on March 31st and includes marquee dates at Spaceland in Los Angeles and The Bowery Ballroom in New York.

Their live show has won them ever-expanding audiences in the United States and Europe, and of course their native Canada. In 2008 Great Lake Swimmers shared the stage with an impressive list of artists, including Feist, Bela Fleck & The Sparrow Quartet, Hayden, Goldfrapp, Bill Callahan of Smog, and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. And with select opening dates for Wilco's Jeff Tweedy later this month, the list continues to grow.

The anticipation for the full-length follow up to the highly praised 2007 album Ongiara has already started to accumulate. Feature album previews have already popped up everywhere from Brooklyn Vegan and Pitchfork to Paste, Venus and Time Out New York.

Lost Channels, their fourth album, finds them once again recording at historic locations, this time in Thousand Islands region of Ontario and New York state, telling tales of hidden histories, still "mining for light in the dark wells," still "tuned to an instrument of greater and unknown design."

Lost Channels also features the talents of Julie Fader (flute/backing vocals), Greg Millson (drums), Darcy Yates (bass), along with special guests/Swimmers collaborators Serena Ryder with vocals on "Everything Is Moving So Fast" and Bob Egan on pedal steel.

Select January Dates:

• Jan 29 - Kalamazoo, Michigan @ The State Theatre (w/ Jeff Tweedy)
• Jan 30 - Indianapolis, Indiana @ Locals Only
• Jan 31 - Urbana, Illinois @ Univ. of Illinois (w/ Jeff Tweedy)

Lost Channel's Spring Tour Dates:

• Mar 31 - Seattle @ The Tractor Tavern
• Apr 01 - Portland @ Doug Fir
• Apr 03 - San Francisco @ The Bottom of the Hill
• Apr 04 - Los Angeles @ Spaceland
• Apr 05 - Tucson @ Plush
• Apr 07 - Austin @ Stubbs Bar-B-Q
• Apr 08 - Denton @ Hailey's
• Apr 10 - Atlanta @ The Earl
• Apr 13 - Charlottesville @ Gravity Lounge
• Apr 14 - Washington @ Black Cat
• Apr 15 - Philadelphia @ Johnny Brenda's
• Apr 16 - Northampton @ Iron Horse Music Hall
• Apr 17 - New York City @ The Bowery Ballroom
• Apr 18 - Cambridge @ The Brattle Theater
• Apr 20 - Newport @ The Southgate House
• Apr 21 - Chicago @ Schubas
• Apr 22 - Minneapolis @ 7th Street Entry
• Apr 23 - Madison @ High Noon Saloon

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